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Country
  
United States

County
  
Champaign

Postal code
  
61874

Population
  
7,681 (2013)

Area code
  
217

State
  
Illinois

Time zone
  
CST (UTC-6)

Area
  
8.34 km²

Local time
  
Thursday 9:16 AM

Savoy, Illinois

Weather
  
2°C, Wind SE at 24 km/h, 57% Humidity

University
  
University of Illinois Institute of Aviation

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Savoy is a village in Champaign County, Illinois, United States, and is its own political entity. The population was 7,280 at the 2010 census.

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Map of Savoy, IL, USA

Geography

Savoy is located at 40°3′48″N 88°15′9″W (40.063441, -88.252388).

According to the 2010 census, Savoy has a total area of 3.22 square miles (8.34 km2), of which 3.2 square miles (8.29 km2) (or 99.38%) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km2) (or 0.62%) is water.

Savoy shares a border with the neighboring city of Champaign and is less than two miles from the site of the main campus of the University of Illinois. Savoy is a part of the Champaign-Urbana Metropolitan Area.

Transportation

Savoy is serviced by US highway Route 45 (Dunlap Street) that runs into Champaign, Illinois at Neil Street. Savoy is also serviced by Interstate 57 that connects to Curtis Road at Exit 232 and Monticello Road at Exit 229.

The University of Illinois Willard Airport (KCMI) that serves the Champaign-Urbana community, with commercial airline service to Chicago O'Hare Airport and other destinations, is located on the south edge of Savoy.

Demographics

At the 2000 census, there were 4,476 people, 2,032 households and 1,127 families residing in the village. The population density was 2,899.9 per square mile (1,122.2/km²). There were 2,099 housing units at an average density of 1,359.9 per square mile (526.3/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 81.41% White, 4.51% African American, 0.16% Native American, 10.84% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.78% from other races, and 2.26% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.12% of the population.

There were 2,032 households, of which 26.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.2% were married couples living together, 5.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.5% were non-families. Thirty-six and six tenths percent of all households were made up of individuals and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.14 and the average family size was 2.86.

Twenty-one and one tenth percent of the population were under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 34.6% from 25 to 44, 19.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 84.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.6 males.

The median household income was $48,500 and the median family income was $61,927. Males had a median income of $50,172 compared with $30,394 for females. The per capita income for the village was $25,949. About 5.7% of families and 9.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.8% of those under age 18 and 1.2% of those age 65 or over.

References

Savoy, Illinois Wikipedia